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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 19:38:44
Message-Id: e4516b5d-41d2-eca1-3041-60a552a8554f@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display by Adam Carter
1 On 6/25/19 11:53 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
2 > This wouldn't happen to be a 10-bit encoded x265, would it? If it is,
3 >
4 > 10-bit hardware decoding is only supported in Kaby Lake or newer
5 > (this
6 > could explain it decoding in software/on CPU instead of GPU.)
7 >
8 >
9 >  That's possible. Is there an easy way to tell?
10 >
11 >
12 > Looked through the output of ffmpeg and found;
13 >
14 > Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main 10), yuv420p10le(tv,
15 > bt2020nc/bt2020/smpte2084), 3840x1600 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], 23.98 fps,
16 > 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
17 >
18 > So it is a 10bit file.
19
20 Another tip: I found upgrading the NUC's firmware helped a lot. However,
21 be warned that Intel has been removing support for Legacy booting in
22 newer firmware. So you might want to get yours to boot in UEFI first,
23 then try new firmware.
24
25 I suspect it's a hardware limitation, but you never know.
26
27 Dan